A Highly Robust Amphibious Soft Robot with Imperceptibility Based on a Water-Stable and Self-Healing Ionic Conductor

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Veröffentlicht in:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). - 1998. - 35(2023), 28 vom: 10. Juli, Seite e2301005
1. Verfasser: Cheng, Zhe (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Feng, Wenwen, Zhang, Yucheng, Sun, Lin, Liu, Yuncong, Chen, Lili, Wang, Chao
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2023
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Schlagworte:Journal Article dielectric elastomer actuators ion-dipole interaction ionic conductors soft robots Elastomers
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Zusammenfassung:© 2023 Wiley-VCH GmbH.
Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are widely exploited for actuating soft machines and granting soft robots with capability to operate in both underwater and on-land environments is important to make them adapt to more complex situations. Here, a DEA-driven, highly robust, amphibious imperceptible soft robot (AISR) based on an all-environment stable ionic conductive material is presented. A soft, self-healable, all-environment stable ionic conductor is developed by introducing cooperative ion-dipole interactions to provide underwater stability as well as efficient suppression of ion penetration. By tuning molecular structures of the material, a 50-time device lifetime increase compared with unmodified [EMI][TFSI]-based devices and excellent underwater actuating performance is achieved. With the synthesized ionic electrode, the DEA-driven soft robot exhibits amphibious functionality to traverse hydro-terrestrial regions. When encountering damage, the robot shows good resilience and can self-heal underwater and it also exhibits imperceptibility to light, sound, and heat
Beschreibung:Date Completed 17.07.2023
Date Revised 18.07.2023
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.202301005